Denver-based filmmakers Robin Bond and David Wruck premiered their roller derby documentary Derby Baby on March 31 at the Atlanta Film Festival and screened it earlier this month at the Sonoma International Film Festival, but before they can bring it to a wider audience they need to sort out a global distribution model. This being the 21st century and all -- and inspired by the DIY derby ethos they just spent two years immersed in -- the filmmakers are taking matters into their hands and have turned to Kickstarter to give the project a kick.

"We want our film's message of women's empowerment and sisterhood to be heard everywhere around the world," writes Bond, in her Kickstarter plea for $30,000. "More international exposure of our film will place the sport of flat-track roller derby front and center globally, and will inspire women and girls everywhere."